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(No Model.) E. S. PIPER.

CORK EXTRAOTOR.

No. 555,554. Patented Mar. 17-, 1895;

AN DREW B GRAHAM. FHOT0-UTI10.WASMNC-TDN. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

EDWIN S. PIPER, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK BRAINARD,OF SAME PLACE.

coRK-ExTRAcroR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,554, dated March17, 1896.

Application filed J uly 16, 1894. Serial No. 517,679. (No model.)

. letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a plan view of a cork-extractor with the extractor-prongs inthe open position; Fig. 2, a plan view of the same closed; Fig. 3, theblank from which the extractorprongs are formed; Fig. 4, a sectionalview on line a", w of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to an improvement in cork-extractors, andparticularly to that class which consists of two spring-prongs adaptedto be inserted into the neck of a bottle on opposite sides of the cork,and whereby the cork may be turned in the neck and readily extractedtherefrom.

The object of the invention is to construct an extractor of this classwhich maybe folded so as to be safely carried in the pocket, and whichalso, when folded, requires less space for packing, an importantconsideration in the manufacture of articles of this character; and theinvention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

The handle A consists of a strip of metal bent to form projecting arms aa and legs I) 1). Between the legs and at their outer ends the extractorB is secured by a pin 0, which extends through the two legs and theextractor and is upset upon the outside of the legs I). The extractor Bconsists of a piece of sheet metal bent into U shape, the outer ends ofthe legs being tapered to substantially sharpened points and the edgesof the legs slightly sharpened. On each leg and at a point just beyondthe pivot-holes wings d d are formed, which are turned outward, so as tooverlap the legs I), as shown in Fig. 4, so that when the extractor isin the open position, as seen in Fig. 1, the wings overlap the points ofthe legs and securely hold the extractor in the open position, or whenthe extractor is folded and the points project into the handle, as seenin Fig. 2, the wings project over the legs inside the pivot, and therebyhold the extractor in its closed position.

The metal from which the extractor is formed is steel, and yieldssufficiently to allow the prongs to be turned upon the pivot and holdthem against the legs of the handle in either the open or closedposition.

Extractors constructed as above described are readily formed and easilyassembled and may be produced at a verylow cost for manufacture.

It will be understood that cork-extractors consisting of two spring-armsare old, and I am aware that folding cork-extractors, broadlyconsidered, are not new, and therefore do not wish to be understood asclaiming such as my invention.

In a cork-extractor, the combination with a handle constructed with twolegs, of a springextractor consisting of a strip of sheet metal bentinto U shape with two outwardly-extending wings on each side, saidextractor secured between the legs of the handle, and so that the saidwings will extend over the edges of said legs, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN S. PIPER. Witnesses:

BENEDICT M. HOLDEN, ROGER S. NEwELL.

